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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. JUNE 23, 1826. [THE TIMES.] - - A noble document has been transmitted to .us, and we publish it with unfeigned satisfaction, It is a letter from Lord Cochrane to the Pacha of Egypt, addressed by the naval hero to 'that potentate.at the rnornent ,of quitting the British Channel, when the shackles which hitherto bound him had lost their magic power. This despatch hears the character of bold, but generous, and temperate defiance. Directly and avowedly it is an exhorts, tion to humanity, and if to that extent successful, a proffer of friendship and a pledge of peace : but it is likewise a conditional deelaration of war, if the Pacha by the continuance of his barba rities—bythe invasion, the bondage, the pitiless murders, and savage extermination of a glorious people—ceases not to provoke the resentments and animate the hearts of Christian men against him and his horde of desolators. If Maliomed Ali Pacha heeds not this message of wisdom end of warning —then, says the British tar, "1 and my companion* fling down our gauntlets, and will contend," in the hope of teaching Ali Pacha and his band of exterminators the error of their ways; and pretty rough teachers, we are apt to believe, his Highness will find Lord Cochrane and hie.Englislitrien. We ought to have set out with , stating, that Inv Lordship grounds his interference in the contest on the aid which has been openly administered to Ali Paella by the subjects and the ships of neutral Powers. The whole docu ment is a masterpiece of coolness and self-possession. The Noble author's quotation from. Scripture is selected with much felicity of tact. Our readers-,our historical and constitutional readers—will he interested by an extract which we publish this day, from a speech of the. celebrated Lord Mansfield, He was then Mr. Murray, counsel on a petition from the city and liberty of Westminster to the Vous* of Commons, in coimequence of the introduction of troops at the time of general election. We are not mire that if Mr. Murray bid been acting under the impulses of his own spirit as a statesman, the speech now recorded would ever have found utterance from his lips : with that we have no concern. The argument is acute end powerful—the production of a lawyer well versed in British law, and fee'd for giving the benefit of supreme ability to the right side of a constitutional qotation. How would Mr. Wallace at Weymouth s h r i n k f ront the Unfelt of Lord Mansfield's principle—that " it is a libel on the Government to suppose the civil magistrate is not strong enough" to dispense with the aid of soldiers. But there are men on every aide, who might be beneficially reminded of their duty, by the language of this great, authority of the last age. At Lich field, it appears that a Government candidate has, by some Nun. der of the Sheriff, or of his Whig opponents, been pot in th e right as compared with others, on the question of introducing the military into an election town. Sir Roger Greeley'e letter to the Sheriff of Lichfield is an excellent protest against a gross insult to the wipe and feelings of this country. The troops, it seems, were ostentatiously bro ug h t i n , to quell a common `window-breaking riot; although thousands of stout fellows were in the 'town, and ready to act as spe cial constables. When the tumult had subsided, and all was peace, the soldiers were still kept to garrieon, the city, and In the common understanding of the Constitution, to overawe the elec tors during the exercise of their sacred franchise. The Sheriff was urged to restore the freedom of the - citizens by discarding the odious and needless array of force; but the worthy functionary is represented as declaring that the candidates must first promise him to walk to their respective quarters from the hustings, instead of being borne thither by their partisans. • The gentlemen, one and all, declined a requisition so restrictive of the gallant exuberance of our English election spirit, and. the alarmed Sheriff detained the troops, by way of a preventive nuisance. We repeat our observa tions of yesterday. that no fear of mobs, or pedantic love of order, ought to weigh against the constitutional horror of bringing drill serjeants, with their accetitared myrmidons, to discipline the five- j men of Great Britian while employed in promoting, by means in separable from popular struggles,: the interest of whatever candi date they espouse. . Hour countrymen once lose their hatred of such interpositiona.-if they once become familiar with, and indif ferent to it—the constitutional barrier no longer exists; and we may end by ;mumbling to choose our representatives at a signal from the drum, the bugle, or the cannon. The following is the extract to which we have alluded : Part of the speech of Earl Mansfield (then Mr. Murray) as Counsel for the City and Lib er ty o f W estm i nster , on account of the introduction of the Military during the poll ; de livered before the Hou se of. Commons, on Tuesday, December, 15, 1741. *1 Besides this, Sir, it was the opinion of the Legislature, lot Parliament, that it was a necessary consequence that' all troops should withdraw froin the place of election. I am aware of an objection that will be made by way of an exception ; it will be said, whet, cannot the troops come to keep the peace? A sped. ous pretext, indeed ! I believe there never was, nor ever will be, the case of any army being present at an election, but every sol dier has a double vole. We need not go into many instances to show this his been the case. The same cause will. produce the same effect. It will be urged, I suppose, the civil magistrate was not strong enough ; ~frail he not then call in their assistance ? I beg leave to pay, the law of England will not Puffer a supposition of that sort to be made; for if Sheriff, who is armed (I am aware of the objection).-4 say, if a Sheriff, who is armed with t e t e civil power of hie country, or if a Bailiff, who is armed by the lor—if he should return ass an answer, for not executing the king's writ, that he was resisted, though the fact be true, the law considers it as a fact not to he supposed, and an action lies aga i nst kim at the suit of the party ; and why ? Because it is a libel on the Government to suppose the civil magistrate is not strong enough. fir, I would observe a noted distincti on t a k en in the law books. If* gaol is broke by a foreign enemy, that is an excuse ; but if s $.4 was broke open by rebels, the l a w w ill not allo4 the Sheriff' to give that in excuse, thought it be ever so true, because it is a reflection on the Government. No mug arm himself with the civil power, which is strong enough to support itself. Many, have been the instances where a corporation has been disfranchieed and fined, becauee these riots - were never quelled, and the law expects they should do it. This is the no tion of the commit law, and, I beg to say, the statute law too. " Sir, these troops are kept up by'annual hills ; not for the as sistance of the civil magistrate t that would be annual keeping up of troops for a reason that lasts for ever; they are never kept up but upon great ticeastions, such as carrying on the war with *pain. There is no intimation that the civil magistratsewants assistance. This will still further appear front this_ (which you will give ins leave to eay)—that uo civil magistrate can com mand assistance from any body of trelOpa ; and if the law consi dered them as imeittieary to assist him, the law would give them power to command them there ; but when troops do go, they go by virtue of rizilitary 4 suthority, and act there under mililarit command. Sir, the authority which the law gives the civil ma gistrate---I speak only of those megietratet that are applicable to the present ea* and their defence in the execution of legal cent emmds, in thife--they may command assistance of every man with- Pi their jurisdiction. Every man is a constable for keeping the peace; and what is the consequence if they do not obey? They Are liable to a prosecution by indictment or information, and they are clearly liable. Put ran any civil magistrate send any war rant to the Guards? Sir, the proposition I have laid down, is not with regard to s 1 single soldier happening to stand there, but a lugly order military command. "Is there such a' warrant known to the law? Would any aniliotry officer be obliged to obey it?" No, certainly ; for if ;he yid not, there would be 'no prosecution against him: wherever They go, they get by virtue of military authority, but not by the command of the civil magistrate, because they are liable to no prosecution if they do' not obey, when they are there they do not act tinder the 'civil 'command ; if they did, t h e on ly consequence of misbehaviour wotaldle, that they 'were liable to proseentim on indictment or infornuttions ; but will it be contended, that if a body of troops come there, cud any one deserts, he is not liable to be shot to death, according to mil i tary discipline? If the Sheriff seas to order a soldier to do one thing, and his officer another, I submit it to you if hs obeys the officer, whether he must not be tried by a court martial? That shame they go by military authority, and t h ere act b y m ei_ tary command. Sir, I beg Imre to nay, inflict the civil govern ment of this-city is substantially strong to support itself; it has supported itself at every other election throughout the kingdom, and yet there m a y have com e complaints before yon, where th e members hare been angry at what the returning officer did ; there is not an imagination of the peace's being broke. What are the guards of the court? the Justices.---What are the guards of you? but b are l y t h e l a w and the cavil Authority. Sir, lam warranted by the resolutions of tine home, in the year VMS, to say, that riots and tumults have towed too near these doors you sentyour commands to the civil magistr ate, and instantly all was quiet.- Would you,; onpretence of keeping thepeece, mitre' a company of guards to stand in the lobby? N o man, Sir, woul d wi sh to live to see that day, when the Civil Government of this country cannotespport itself without Me assistance of the military. I will behold to say, when it is not, that Civil Government in undone; fie 'it is then eno# the law, but the military power governs ; and I hope, in tine tountry, the bare word of a tip staff will go at far as that cottatnitileaf a heutenant-genend. - knew it will be Reseed still furthers but all this .19p7 ment will hold in general in every cue; but suppose a ease of most extraordinary necessity, when the civil magis trate is really overpowered, and there is fire set to the town, shall not the troops then be called in to his assistance? I think I put the objection as strong as I ean. That fatal argument of con tending for an exception to constitutional principles, , that fatal ar gument has brought us many times to the brink of destruction.— Nothing is clearer than that no freeman should be imprisoned but according to law. What, not if the King knows he is coming to attack him ? The argument was specious, and the power of judg ing was.trusted somewhere, and it took away the whole liberty of the subject. Every man was imprisoned for a mandatum Do mini Regis. There was another resolution taken, that no money should be levied on the-subject but by the consent of Parliament ? What, not in a case of necessity ? They argued it might be a case of necessity, and that overturned the whole rule, - and, when money was raised, •it was for necessity. Suppose there comes an extra ordinary ease, never within the intention of the Legislature, that produced the dispensing power, which dispensed with all the power of legislature. It must tend to lodge a discretionary power with some body to judge of that necessity. It must be lodged with the Military officers, for it will not mend the case if it is lodged with the returning officers. Shall it be laid down, that troops may go to an election ? These are fatal arguments' indeed ! How far it is necessity to justify? It is sufficient, that the officer suspects or smith a riot? -It is sufficient when he hnows in his own mind, he is going to do a thing which he ought to provoke the people. If en, ' that will conclude a too general discretionary latitude, wherever the returning officer thinks fit to have it ; and I believe it will not much be doubted but the military officer will exert himself, according to the candidates that sent for him. " Sir, the Legislature in the Act I have just mentioned, was so far from supposing this exception could be made, that they ex pressly enjoined no troops should come within two miles of the place of election in a day after. Will a case of necessity dispense with that Act? The Act says, they shall not come within two miles of the town, tillfimr and twenty hours after the election !" [THE MORNING CHRONICLE.] Amongst the struggles that have taken place during the general election,. few have been conducted with greater spirit, or been attended with more complete Succeed, than that which► has been carried on against the Corporation of Northampton. Their character was so well known in their own neighbourhood, that they only obtained a candidate at all, ' by a promise of hearing all the expenses of the contest, if they should exceed a certain amount this circumstance affords an easy solution of the attempt to vote 1,0001. out of the corporate funds of the town. Before and during the election, every species of influence and intimida tion was resorted to. In one instance, a respectable tradesman was menaced with instant arrest unless he withdrew his vote from Major Moberly, and gave it to Sir R. Gunning ; in another, one of the chief gentlemen of the town was insulted by a low fellow (who, as a matter of form, had become security for him to a trilling amount), with the menace of withdrawing his security unless began a plumper for Sir Robert Both attempts were met with the indignation they deserved; the letters were pub licly read from the hustings, to the shame end confusion of those who sent them; Promises of freedom of the town, and grants of the Corporation hundreds, are said to have been lavishly made; while threats to the lower class of voters of expulsion from their houses, and turning . them out of work, were of the most frequent occurrence. The victory over the Corporation has been gained chiefly by the spirit and independence of the poorer description of voters, who res►sted solicitations and menaces, to which many of their richer neighbours. too easily yielded. Never did the No- Popery cry, or the party by which it was raised, receive a se verer defeat. Four or five attempts of the Corporation to coalesce with the friends of Sir G. Robinson (though he equally supports the Catholics with his colleague), were treated by the gentlemen to whom the proposition was made with the scorn and contempt they merited. In short, never was a poor Corporation so roughly handled. Publicly attacked and challenged to appear on the bust hip, no one dared take up their cause; and, as they have been frightened out of following up their vote of one thousand pounds, they will have to supply the sum out of their own pockets. They have deceived their own candidate all the way through; and lastly have been unfortunate enough, by their proceedings, to at tract sufficient attention on the part of the public, to disseminate through the empire a just knowledge of a character which was al ready pretty well appreciated in their own immediate neighbour hood. [THE MORNING ttERALILj One date most remarkable circumstances connected with the late election in the City; is the seribus notice which a candi date on the popular interest thought proper to take of an eleetioncer ing placard. If every candidate throughout the, country,, who has been ridiculed or misrepresented 'by sgiribe or pasquinades during the present general election, ware to bring his action or prefer his Indictment, What a rich harvest it would make for the --- ---- Sawyers! No sooner would the noise of the hustings have died in the land, than the gentlemen in black, who had filled their pockets well by encouraging the "warof words" on both sides, would come down to Westminster, 'with bags stuffed with briefs arising out of the very contentions of which they had been the most active promoters. We hope, hOwevex, that candidates in general will show more good temper and good sense than to imitate the example of Alderman Wood, in attacking at law th e prescriptive licence of electioneering wits, who have from time immemorial been in the habit of pointing at each other the battery of vulgar jests and popular ridicule. The Alderman in deed states that the contents of the placard in question are false, and that it was contrived for the purpose of turning the feelings of the electors against him. But, that is the case with three-fourths of the letter-preri ammunition of elections. There may, indeed, be cases where it would be right to visit with punishment the authors or circulators of defamatory compositions, even at elec.. tion time; but then they should be of such a nature as to falsely impute immoral acts or personal vices to candidates, The placard which has tint Alderman Wood and his friends so much out of tenipti., as to cause them to send the poor bill-stickier to prison, is-not of that description—its meaning is political, and its object is to show a close connection between the Alderman and ther e Boman Catholics. Is this a connection of which Alderman Wood is ashamed? And if be is ashaMed of it, what becoMes of his pro fissions about religious. liberality ? But whatever his own feeling on the subject may be, it ill becomes him, who owes BO much to the press, to signalize himself as its persecutor? Does he hope by . such an experiment to drive the Pasquinadera from, the field at future elections. The leverse will be the case; he will assuredly expose himself to more unpleasant animadversion by this mode of avenging himself. Ifliis cause he vigorous, it will walk firmly, in spite of all the paper bullets that the whole race of Grub-street could shoot at it; but if it be lame, it is a vain thing to prop it on the crutches of the law. How different was the conduct of Sir WM. Curtis-- never was there a candidate who had to bear more in the way Of squibs and defamatory placards of every sort at election time than that gentleman, who, though a Tory, showed that he hail a greater practical tolerance of the freedom of the press than' some of our most ardent patriota? Far worse were many of the attacks made upon Sir William's character, both personally and politically, than that for which Mr. Alderman Wood has declared his inten tion to prosecute. But the former was encased in the defensiie armour of good humour. He laughed such' thing* away—they fell to the ground as,harinlees as peas rebounding from a coat of mail, while the latter whines, and almost weeps with vexation, and-thereby seems anxious to have it understood his political clia meter was so vulnerable, that a contemptible weapon could inflict on it a deadly wound. To have replied to .one squib by another would haVe shown more of political tact, ' if not of wisdom. A young gentleman of Eton College, named Deaii, twelve years of age, was this morning unfortunately droWned in the river Thames, near the College Wharf. It appears that he went to bathe in the shallow part of the river, accompanied by another young gentle man ; both were unable to swim, and Dean ventur ing too near a rapid stream, was suddenly taken out of his depth, and drowned before any assistance could be rendered. The body was found after a search of three quarters of an hour.—Windsor, June 21. Usg os nut BIBLE.—The first Synodical prohi bition of the liberty of reading the Scriptures, the birthright of Christians in the use of Holy Writ in thin own language, was made at a Synod held at Toulouse, A.D. 1228, on account of the doctrines of the Waldenses ; who on this point held, that the Holy Scripture is the ride of Christian faith, and that the reading and knowledge of it is free and necessary to all nien to the laity as well as to the clergy. The Synod decreed We forbid that laymen be per. nutted to have the books of the Old and New Testa ment, unless, perhaps, f,ome one out of devotion, desires to have the palter or breviary for divine offices, and the hours of the blessed Virgin; but even net hive translated into the vulgar those they may language. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 22. CHARLTON V. COOPER. A DETERMINED JUROR.---This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for an assault and false imprisonment. Mr. Serjeant WILDE stated the case for the plaintiff, who, he said, was a farmer, who had recently resided at Walthametow. The defendant was the landlord of a public-house in Threadneedle street, called the Fleece. When a man went into a place of entertainment, he was entitled to damages, if be were treated with violence or rudeness. It would, lie said, be shown in evidence that the defendant had treated the'plaintiff in a manner which re quired exemplary damages. The first witness called for the plaintiff was a person named Jones. He deposed, that on the evening of the Bth of December last, he was at the Fleece, when he saw the plaintiff there. De fendant bad some words with one Bristow, who afterwards left the house; defendant then turned round upon the plaintiff, and angrily said, this was all in consequence of him, and insisted on his leaving the house for he should have nothing there. The plaintiff said ho would not leave the house until he had had some thing. The defendant laid hold of his collar, and endeavoured to turn him out, but had not sufficient strength ; the defendant's brother-in-law came to assist, and between them both they even tually bundled the defendant into the street. The plaintiff made no reply to this, but endeavoured to lay hold of every thing he could get hold of to prevent them. The defendant's wife and daughters were lunch alarmed. • The plaintiff was particularly silent previously—the defendant went out, and gave charge of the plaintiff. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN.—The defendant did not complain of plaintiff's language in witness's hearing; the defendant appeared to be as sober as witness is now. Four witnesses swore that they believed the plaintiff was sober; one of them, named Bristow, said that the defendant used aggravating language ; the plaintiff said he must wait, because he had appointed to meet a few friends; the defendant was violent, and refused to let him. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN said, that a publican's interest was to supply liquor to persons if they were not drunk nor ill be haved. fie would show that the plaintiff came into the house drunk, and that the defendant deserved not reprobation, but thanks, for refusing him liquor, and turning him out. Six witnesses were . called for the defendant. Three of them swore most positively that the plaintiff was drunk at the time ; that the defendant refused hits► liquor OH that account ; that t h e plaintiff's language Was so bad, that the customers com plained of it. He went out into the street, wanted to fight the defendant, and was exceedingly riotous. Au Officer deposed that they took charge of hi. money in the watch-house, as was customary in cases of extreme drunkenness. Another Officer said, he was obliged, to threaten to handcuff the plaintiff, and that the latter was so riotous, that several were ne cessary to get him along. On the following day, when he Was taken before the Lord Mayor, and the case was heard, he was fined for being drunk. The Came Jusricx said, that if a man went into a public house, and was sober, and behaved civilly, he was entitled to re freshment. If he were not, it was the publican's right and duty to turn him out, for a landlord was in some measure a protector of the public peace. In this case, either three or five witnesses, the first who had sworn so positively to the ebriety, or the five latter who had sworn to his inebriety, must be perjured. If the Jury believed the last three, the defendant had acted most com mendably; if the first, then most improperly, and the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. The Jury retired to deliberate. Hour after hour passed, in which they were heard in warm diseussion. Towards supper time the sounds which issued from their room were angry and vehement. Information was brought into Court that an Irish man had thrown loaf into their room, and had disappeared.— : The Sheriff's; offiCer,, who had been sworn to keep them without meat, drink, &c. rushed in, and snatched the loaf, which was a penny one, front the mouth of a Juror at the instant he was about totake.the first bite, The Chief Justice bad gone home, but Mi. Knapp, the Clerk. of the Court, who was by no means pleased at being kept without his own dinner, went in and repri manded-them for permitting provisions to be received into their room, and he trusted they would not be guilty of a repetition of such conduct, or oblige him to nail down the window ; and ha.• rangued them on the duty and nece9sitv of coming to a speedy verdict. They were again left to their deliberations. Not long after, voices again rose high, and there seemed strong inclination to decide the point after the good old mode, by wager of battle. Towards two o'clock in the morning, all discussion had subsided --nothing was heard buddy, except certain sounds, from which it was concluded by those on the outside, who were strongly inte rested in knowing what was going forward, that the Jury had resolved unanimously to try the effect of sleep in removing the difficulties of the subject. Those in attendance soon followed the example. The sheriff's officer, who had the Jury in custody, laid himself down across the door, to prevent its being opened without disttirbittrhim. Mr. Hobler, the defendant's attorney, made a pillow of his bag, and stretched hiMself out in Cow t. Mr. Knapp took possession of the Judge's chair, where he soon began to snore most vehemently, but but what formed the' Most singular part of the scene, was several spectators who had determined to see the thing out, and who now sought repose, and stretched themselves along the benches. In the course of the night there occurred a curious in. stance of somnambulisth. A clerk of the plaintiff's attorney, who slept oh one of the benches, was seen striking out vigorously, as if swimming, and at last he fell on the floor. He got np, rubbed his face, and said, " What a prime bathing-place this is," and then walked out of the Court-roinn. His focit tripped as he was descending the stairs, and he received,a fall which awoke him. The Jury were found betimes at the work of disputation' but had made no f ar th er advances. One of them 'Made some efforts to negociate with a milkman for a supply of Milk through the window, but did not succeed. Having obtained the favour of pen and ink, they sent a letter to the Chief Justice stating, that 11 of them were agreed on their verdict, but they had given up all hopes of convincing the twelfth. Hie Lordship, on co i n ing o i; e to n Co ted u t r h t, at s t p h o o k j e u t r o y s t i l l i o e u r l e a spe b :t d i i v e e . Counsel of the parties, v charged without giving a verdict. This wits done, and they left the Court. Several of them presetited most sorry figure. MR. PAL ME R.—The return of this Gentleman t o his residence, near Kingston, on WedneSday, was marked ,by one of the strongest eihibitions of . popular f ee li ng which, perhaps, ever appeared i n this or • any other country. At about a Mile from the town, the horses were taken from the barouche in which he was seated, and he was conveyed into the town amidst the joyous huzzas of an immense multitude, He was preceded by the children of the public school, the Corporation of the town, and the Committee who conducted his election.. On arriving at the Sun Inn, he addressed the assemblage, and thanked them for, their kind at tention. The friends of Mr. Denison (not less warm than those of Mr. Pailmer), in the glorious termination of the election, dined together, to celebrate that Gentle man's return, at the Crown and Angel Inns, on Mon day. Mr. Denison presided at the Crown, and was supported by a respectable class of country gentlemen. He made a most brilliant speech in elucidation of his principles, which was'received with enthusiasm. At the second dinner, celebrated at the Angel Inn, which was numerously attended, Mr. Rowland presided ; anti, in proposing the health of Mr. Denison, he con gratulated the numerous and respectable freeholders on the glorious triumph they had that day achieved, and trusted they would never desert the Gentleman who would never desert them, or the interests of the county at large. The health of Mr. Denison was drunk with enthusiasm, who came in person to return thank; and was visibly affected by the kind attentions of his friends. PROPERTY OP NemoEnc.—Archimedes cif Syra cuse found out, that if numbers are continually pro portionate, increasing fi•oin unity, and that if two terms of such progression are multiplied together, the produce will be a term of that. progressions placed 80 many t erms from the greatest factor, as the smallest is from unity : and this same product will be distant from unity so many terms, less by one, as the terms tugetherare from unity. This property of numbers slumbered for 1850 years, when it was seized by Napier, and extended to Logarithms. OLD BAILEY, JUNE 22. SHEtP STEALING.— Charles Butcher, aged 27 years, atoodin. ‘licted for stealing two sheep and three lambs, the property oi Richard Woodman. Robert Woodman, a son of the prosecutor, said, that he saw three knits and three sheep, the property of his father, in his field, on the Fulham-road, on the evening of Saturday, the 10th instant; on the following morning, h g found the gate had been removed from' the hinges, and only one sheep was left; he after wards saw the heads of two sheep and three laMbs at Marylebone office, and on two of them he discovered his father's mark of red ochre round the right eye; on Saturday last h e f oun d i n t b e Pad dinknin Cinal, within 100 yards of the prisoner's cottage, the skins of the stolen sheep and lambs. An officer of Marylebone office deposed, that he found in a cot tage, which the prisoner occupied, at Kensall-green, on last Tues day week, three sheep and two lambs' heads, which he took to Marylebone office, and which the prosecutor's son identified. He also found several plucks and some fat; there were marks of . blood on the door and floor: The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he bought the heads and plucks, which were found in his cottage, of a butcher in Clerkenwell, who was in attendance to be examined. Richard Cope said, that he resides at 6, Coppice-row, Clot-ken- On Friday or Saturday week, the prisoner bought ten heads and plucks at his shop, for which he paid ten shillings. The prisoner had several times made purchases of heads and plucks at his shop ; 'he sold a great many heads, and it was a Very common thing for sheep to be marked with ochre round the eyes. Mr. Justice BORROUGH summed up the case, and the Jury retired to consider th e i r ver dic t; a f ter being absent half an hour, they found Guilty. Robert Atkinson, aged nineteen, a servant, was indicted ,for stealing a pocket-hook, and a ten pound note, the property of John Roger Rush, his master. Mr. Rush lives in the Kent-road, and his office is in Crown -court, Threadneedle-street. On the 10th of April, he gave Mrs. Rush 'a 10/. note and she put it into a pocket-book, and came to LondOn in her carriage. The prisoner drovesher to different shops' to make purchases, and she lost the note in Berners-street. The prisoner declared that he had not seen it. On the llth of April he purchased a watch with the stolen note, at the shop of Mr. Frodshani,, .Gracechurch-street, and subsequently admitted that he picked up the property, his master having promised to forgive him, if he would tell all. Verdict—, Guilty, but recommended to mercy. COACH ROEHERY.—EdwOid Archer, aged 20 years, stood indicted for stealing a parcel containing Bank-notes of the valua of 935/., the property of Messrs. Bolton, Watt, and Co., of Soho, Birmingham, on the night of the 11th of April last. The facts proved were these :—On the evening of the 11th of April, Mr. Stonebridge, the clerk of Bolton, Watt, and Co. of London-street, Fenchurch 7 street, enclosed in a parcel, notes, value 5351., which he directed to Mr. Robinson, at! BOlton, Watt, . and Co's., Soho near Birmingham..-- He took the par ce l t o t h e Spread Eagle, Gracechurch street, and paid for the carriage and insurance. The parcel was given to Evans, the guard of the Birmingham coach to take to Birmingham. The prisoner got into the coach' at the Bull and Mouth; and was an inside passenger to Stoney Stratford. Evans deposited the'parcel under the seat inside the coach, and when the coach stopped at Market-street, for the passenger!, to take supper, the prisoner was observed to go to the coach and open the door, He gOt out of the coach at Stoney Stratford, and when the coach at-- rived at Birmingham, Evans missed the parcel, and was taken into custody, and kept in ptison a fortnight for this robbery. After the prisoner got out of the coach at Stoney Stratford, on the same night, he gotirpon the old p n ion coach and returned to London,, arid op the following morning, the 12th of April, he presented him self at the Bank, of England, and got two hundred sovereigns for two hundred of the stoln notes. The evidence brought the charge Inime to the accused, and he was found Guilty. The prisoner was ordered to he transported for seven years. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, Tuesnay, Julie 27. At the Court of Commissioners. fq IL Browne, Old Broad-street, at 10. HJ Rogers, King-street, .West-Smithfield, at 11. J.!Billinge, Warnford-dourt, London, at 9. P. l Beard, King's Stanley, Stroud, Gloucester, at 10. W. Thomas, Fetter-lane, Holborn, at 10. T.' Wood, Strand, at 12. Q. Chapman, Old Bond-street, at 11. M 4 Williams, Old Bailey, at 12. T. Piper, and G. Dewdney, Dorking, Surrey, at 11. M.; 13. arid. J. W. Harvey, Rockford, Essex, at 11. S. Couehman, Throginorton-street, at 11. T. Sykes, Bath Easton, Somerset, at 10. W. Sanderson, Cork-street, Burlington -gardens, at 10. T.:Garlick, Fleet-market, at 10. J. W. Shaw and E. W. Elmslie, Fenchurch-buildings, London, at 10. T. Taylor, aement's Inn, at 11. J. 'Joel, Church-street, Preston, Lancaster, at 10. J. Longbottom, jun., Bury-street, Bloomsbury, at 11. T. Marshall, College-hill, Upper Thames.street, at 11. W.' Warne, Clarges-street, Piccadilly,. at 11. T. Stevens, Weston -street, Southwark, at 11. H. Wilson, Piccadilly, at 10. A. ,Haviside, Bucklersbury, at 10. W. Mine% London-road, Surrey, at 12. J. K. Kent,. Chelmsford, Essex, at ,11. F.. Collins Pall Mall, at 12. -- J. and S. S. Emerson, Whitechapel-road, at 12. H. Braddon, . Baptist- c hambers, Cha ncer y -l ane , at 11. J. Hutchinson, Lyme-street, London, at 11. W.! Noakes, Old City-chambers, London, at 11. J. Bothwell, Upper Clapton, Middlesex, at 12. S. 5 1 . Williamson, Southampton, at 12. .1. Peacock, Blackfriare-road, Surrey, at 12. A. L'Ange,' §herbone-lane, London, at 11. C. HOU, Hastings, Sussex, at 12. T. Every, Fore -street, Lime-house, Middlesex, at 12. J. Maund, New -street, Covent-garden, at 10. A. Smith, Lime-street-aquare, London, at 9. W. Hibbert, Monnt4treet, Grosvenor squar e , a t 10, S. T. William s o n , Southampton, at 10. J. Rowbotham, Macclesfield, Chester, at 10. L. Barron,, Strutton-ground, Westminster, at 9. Hibbert, Itylord's-court, Crutched-friars, at 9. J. Davison, New Brentford, Middlesex, ,at 11. S. Money, NeW Bond-street, Middlesex, at 10. COUNTRY DIARY, TUESDAY ) Juxx 27. W. H. Dove, Bath, Somerset, at the Angel, Bath, at 11. B. Buckley, Whistones, Worcester, at the Star and Garter lan, Worcester, at 12. W. Jackson, St. Andrew, Worcester, at the Star and Garter lon, Worcester, at 12. J. Powell, Woreester, at the White Horse, Worcester, at 1. J. Walbridge, Newport, Isle of Wight, Southampton, at the King's Arms, Wimborne-Minster, at S. J. Rice, Great Torrington, Devon, at the Barnstaple Inn, Exeter, at 11. - .I..ol4;.Bridgwater, Somerset, at the Crown, Bridgwater, at 11. J. Woods, Leeds, York, at the Talbot, Bradford, at 4. W. Harrison, New Sleaford, Lincoln, at tke Lion lintel, Slea ford, at 11. Green, Sampson, and Smith, Sheffield, York, at the Cosninercial Inn, Sheffield, at I I. G. Capes, B urton - upon..lininber, Lincoln; at the George Inn, Burton-upon-Humber, at S. H. Beaumont, Liverpool, at the George, Liverpool, at 1. G. Jones, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham, at 11. W. Pigott, Norwich, at the White Swan, Maneroft, at 1. H. Lewis, Bridgnorth, Salop, at the Castle Inn, Bridgnorth, at 11. P. Stelfox; Dobcross, York, at the White Bear, Manchest er , *l9. J. Wood, Wake fi eld, York, a t th e S ess io n s House, Wake field,: at 11. W. jeffcott, Kenilworth, Warwick, at the Gl°hei , W"wick, at*. 11. Preston, Preston, Lancaster, at Meyers. Dewlturat and Co.'s office, Preston, at 11. W. Nunton, Leeds, York, at the Court House, Leeds, at 11. J. Britton and J. Hunton, Borrowliy, York, at the court House, Leeds, at I I ' J. Langw ith, Mottrani, Chester, at White's Hotel, Manches ter, at 1. ' R. Eccles, Wakefield, York, at the Sessions flo nse , M'akefield, at 9. J. O'N e ill, Liverpool, at the George , Liverpool, at I. D, Ja c k son , Birmingham , at the . Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at 1. J. Clare, Manchester, at White's Hotel, Manchester, at 11. J. Parley, - Stafford,' at t h e Legs' of Man, Euro- Manchester, at the Star, Manchester, Il i JO, G. Beardmore, Ilarslern, lain, at 11. - J. Wallwork, Manchester, at the Sta r , Afanchester, at 11. , • J. T. and D. Dean, Portwood, Stock Port, at the Warren Bulkeley Arms, Stockport, at 3. W. H o l mes , Yorke at the Falcon he; York; at 11. W. Anderton, Leeds, York, at the C-ourt House, Leeds, at 11. j, nyeart r Liverpool r at the Star and Garter Live 1, at IV. D.atssarld. ,f;!"ll.yhaleg,. Pembroke ,' et et the White ' Hatt- ilatbathi W. Matthias, Haverfordwest, at the Whit,f Hart, Narbeth, at 10. B. thornas, Narbetb, Pembroke, at the White Hart, Narbeth, at 10. G. Beardmore, Burslem,Stafford,at the Legs of Man, Stafford, at 4. C. Bankart and W. Benson, Bowling Bradford, York, at the Sessions House, Leeds, at S. T. Bradley, Worcester, at Mr. France's office, Worcester, at 11. J. Jones, Chester, at Mr. France's office, Worcester, at 11. L. and S. H. Knowles, Gomersal, York, at the Session House, Leeds, at 11. W. Penkett and L. Mackinnon, Liverpool, at Messrs. Radcliffe and Co.'s office, Liverpool, at 12. W. Penkett and L. Mackinnon, Liverpool, at Messrs. Radcliffe and Co.'s office, Liverpool, at 12. R. Gregson, Liverpool, at the George, Liverpool, at 1. H. Brittain, Birmingham, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at 2. T. W. R. Watkins, Hereford, at the City AIMS, Hereford, at 11. PETITIONS OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. To be beard in Portugal-street, LONDON, next WEDS/MAY. J. Phillips, Setbury, Gloucester, carpenter. J. Bealby, Frederick-place, Hampstead-road, agent. W. Keen, Enfield-town, stage-coach proprietor. E. Sanders, Upper Mary-le-bone-street, carpenter. W. Cook, St. James's -street, Brighton, grocer. I. Woodward, White Lion, Upper Thames-street, victualler. M. Lewis, Melina-place, Westminster-road, linen-draper. B; Farmer, Burghope, Wellington, Hereford, fanner. A. Gardiner, Wilson -street, Finsbury-square, bricklayer. W. Palmer, Blue-town, Sheerness, Kent, baker. J. Gill, Bow-street, Covent-garden, tailor. G. King, Kensington Gravel-pits, Middlesex, builder. J. Wright, White Head's-grove, Chelsea, clerk. S. Wright, Chertsey, Surrey, grocer. B. Rawlings, Oxford -street, Middlesex, working-jeweller. W. Dainiand, East Teignmouth, Devon, builder. G. Bransgrove, Somerset-pi Ilanimersmith, Middlesex, baker. J. Coward, Bath, assistant Lie*draper. T. flopwood, Hornbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire, dealer in coils. G. Binghami Eagle-court, John -street, Clerkenwell, farrier. IN THE COUNTRY. WAXEFIELD, at the Court-House, next We uNesuAy. W. Parr, Batley, York, blanket-maker. J. Midwood, Honley, Huddersfield, York, woollen-manufacturer. J. Dawson, Ovendon, Halifax, York, shopkeeper. J. Holmes, Wakefield, York, tailor. .' R. Brooks, Barnsley, York, gardener. V. Asquith, Ossett-street, Wakefield,. York, shopkeeper. J. Johnson, jun. Horsfortb, Leeds; York, cloth-manufacturer. J. Barstow, Leeds, York, innkeeper. J. Hey, Orendon, Halifax, York, stuff-manufacturer. A. Breaks, North Bierley, Bradford, York, stuff-manufacturer. J. Corbet, Knaresborough, York, draper. , • J. H. Dransfield, Shepley, Huddersfield, York, clothier. H. Emraerson, Leeds, York, joiner. T. Graham, Lepton, Huddersfield, York, manufacturer. • J. Hincliffe, Leeds, York, brick-maker. J. Hudson, Tong, Bradford, York, publican. T. Hall, Sheffield, York, hatter. Rev. W. Morgan, Bradford, York, clerk. J. Norfolk, Knareaborough, York, flax-dresser. J. Nunns, Horsfurth, Leeds, York, joiner. W. Otty, Wakefield, York, stuff-presser. S. Parker, Halifax, York, stone-mason. J. Parkinson, Halifax, York, grocer. J. Thompson, Bradford, York, rope-maker. W. Wallas, Sedberg, York, innkeeper. Burr ST. Enstuisn's, at the Court-House, next WiDNIMAY. T. Simpson, sen., Hadleigh, Suffolk, yeoman. W. B. Ramsay, Brandon, Suffolk, cabinet-maker. S. Bird, Stowmarket, Suffolk, plumber. J. Upton, Acton, Suffolk, thatcher. T. lye, Clare, SUffolk, cabinet-maker. T. Weaker, Stoke Clare, Suffolk, shoemaker. L. Underwood, Hadleigh, Suffolk, cabinet-maker. MotownTH, at the Court-House, next WEDNESDAY. J. Hughes, Monmouth, innkeeper. P. Charters, Pontypool, Monmouth, tea-dealer. T. Davis, Bedwelty, Monmouth, shoemaker. K. Grove, Landogo, Monmouth, gentleman. J. Batten, Rises, Monmouth, shoemaker. REV. MR. WOGAN'S MURDER. Doer in, illt4): 20.-A case which' is likely to be of great im portance in its consequences, was tried at the Commission Court , in Green-street, yesterday. Our readers will recollect that a gentleman of the name of Bell was robbed of his watch and a small sum of money, on the Donnybrook road, the night of the murder of the late unfortunate curate of that parish, the Rev. Mr. Wogan ; and that the persons apprehended for the robbery were subsequently ascertained to have committed the murder also. Two of these men (Haply and Hynes) were put upon trial yesterday for the lesser offence, found guilty, and sentenced to die. The identity of one of the prisoners was clearly established by Mr. Bell„ but the chief evidence against the otlier was that of an apprOTP4 evidence which it is a settled principle in . Courts of Justice to.re ceive with,great caution, and to rebut which he produced a failial e to prove an alibi, also in many cases a suspicious sort Of dafit e, though the b es t p oss ibl e one where it can be fully sustained. Th e . question, however, was strictly for. the Jury, and theJurraccoro ingly decided that Hynes (the second man) had been a participa tor in the cr i me , w hi c h there could be no doubt that fi e rily had committed. Sent ence o f d eat h was thin prortou.nced on both, and they were to ld that mercy could not be extended to them. Thus it app ears t h e mur d erers of Mr. Wogan.can never be brought to justic e f or t h at cr i me. d STEYNING MARKET. Mon.o.vr, JuNit 19.--Beef produced from 4s. 4d. to 66. ot . ; Mutton, 4s. Od. to 41. 1011. ; Lamb, b e . tab ,. ; a nd V ,, bs. Od. t o s s . 6d. per stone. Supply rather Au d l ' aal dull. ARUNDEL TIJUDAT, JUN'S 110.--Beef, from 41. 2d. to '4s. 100. Mut ton, 4s. 2d. to 4a Bd. ; Lamb, bs. Od. 'to bs. ed. ; Yea " 4s. 10d. to bc 44. ; and Pork, 48.• Od. to 4s. 44. per go"' Supply of Beasts rather limited, that of other thing.; tole' JAY good ; trade not over brisk. CHICHESTER MARKET. WspsistuY, Juxi 21.--Beef from 4s. Od. to 41. Bd. ; iltut ton, Si. 10d. to 41. bd. ; Lamb, 41. 1011. to bs. Od ; I s Veal, 4s. Bd. to (is. per stone. Leal) Beasts, and Store Sher and Pigs were h eavy o f sale, at drooping prices. Supply °ler ably good, and trade thin. SOUTHALL MARKET. Winnitsnicr, .Itrxr 21.---Thi s d ay ' s supply of Bru te WAS somewhat limited, that of other Fit Stock abundant.. ; . Belife'l perienced briakish, ot h er ki nd* of meat a eery du ll , sale' " the following price*, per stone of. Blbs., to sink the Olds.-- Beef, from Ss. 10d. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, Si.2d. to 4s. N 2d. k : Lamb, 45. Bd. to . Bd. ; V ea l, 4 5. 4d. to be. 6d. ; an d P ° r ; 4s. Od. to 51. Od. The foregoing quotations are, Beef from 2 to 4d., Lamb 2d. 'to Bd., V ea l 6 d, to Bd. , and Pork 44'. it stone beneath thO se : o f th i s day seinnight prices or S uit ' ). " statiomiry. A v er y c on s i derable part of the stock left the mar kettet t, wool d. BIRTHS. On the 21 et i nat., in :,, Windsor -street, P u t ne y, the hug ,o f Mr. On the 20th inet„ the lady of C. J. Shoubridge, Esq., of "la' ir:lit.,:r.:ol:Vnosat:trul:eit,eildtldßeaugOgeßv:hu.hneteriGnoleos.fit]ii, l e u i l n a4 p ur ßo ge e ' l l e 7 o t w o : : .a t-e s4 :et n -e . t, the Lady Georgians G" l ' .. On the 20th inee. I • be I I 'dHy of th e nat., at Jlll pre nt a rest enc., tin at .14oght er . PrOtesdary of Canterbury, 0 6 On Tuesday hat, at Dockland Rkt ory, the la d y of t h 14 e ' 4 ' . U. E. Keene, of a son: MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Funtington, Sussex, Major W. Hewitt, second son of General Sir George Hewitt, .Hart., to Sarah, se cond daughter of Oeneral Sir James DulL On we4nesdxy last, at Northmoor, Oxon, Mr. James May ' , solicitor, Reading, to Mias Frances Milder, of the former phice• On the 22d inst.. Ed ward Norwood, EA., of Dover, to Elio beth. elded daughter of Peter Dobreei Etat. of London. Yesterday morning, at St. Georee's Hanover-square, Mr. Dutton, to L a d y Elizabeth Howard, daughter to the Earl f Suffolk. DI. On W e d nes d ay last, drowned at ED Eaton, in his 14th year, Ralph, eldest so n o f R alph Deane, Esq. of F i astoote tiouaa, Niddlesflx., Chr•Wedn e sd a y evening, at his house in Stratford-ply,osjor.• General Itubert H a ld ane , C.B. i n t h e serv i ce o f t h e Hon. the Eat India Company, sad Palk 6hed by 11. YOUNG, at tlie Sirs Orricsa Ilk SIMIIC